Parathyroid Surgery: Fundamental and Advanced Concepts

With worldwide contributions from experts in the field of parathyroid disease and surgery, Parathyroid Surgery: Fundamental and Advanced Concepts is the only text devoted specifically to the surgical management of parathyroid disease. Chapters include detailed discussions of preoperative diagnosis and testing, advanced imaging techniques and state-of-the-art surgical interventions, and incorporate thorough and judicious reviews of the current medical literature. Postoperative management strategies are also addressed to ensure physicians can safely optimize patient outcomes.

As a resource that includes all of the most critical, new topics in parathyroid surgery, this book will appeal to both surgical and nonsurgical professionals, including general otolaryngologists, general surgeons, endocrine surgeons, head and neck surgeons, surgical oncologists, and endocrinologists.

From the Foreword:
"Parathyroid Surgery: Fundamental and Advanced Concepts is an excellent and very valuable book which offers a comprehensive account of our state of knowledge about parathyroid disorders in 2014. Many questions have been answered and other excellent ones have been posed. I recommend this book very highly to all "students" of parathyroid disease."

Edwin L. Kaplan, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

David Terris, MD, FACS

William S. Duke, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Georgia Regents University (GRU). He completed his undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University (LSU) and obtained his medical degree from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Duke completed an otolaryngology residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. After residency, he served an additional four years in the United States Army, including tenures as chief of otolaryngology during both domestic and overseas assignments. Dr. Duke went on to complete a fellowship in head and neck endocrine surgery at Georgia Regents University, where he now serves as a member of the GRU Thyroid and Parathyroid Center.

Janice L. Pasieka, MD